Nehemiah Tilton Autograph Letter Signed 11/07/1803

Make an Offer Today and Get a Quick Response! Take a Look at This Week's Specials! NEHEMIAH TILTON - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/07/1803 - HFSID 3625. NEHEMIAH TILTON Autograph Letter signed in 1803 to an un-named Member of Congress, seeking to protect the land of a deceased Revolutionary War veteran from unscrupulous land speculation by a Virginia Congressman and his father Autograph Letter signed: "Nehemiah Tilton", 2 pages, front and verso, 8x13.

Wilmington, Delaware, 1803 November 7. In part: Major Adams held in Harrison County in the State of Virginia now in West Va. States, but might be redressed in the year. The sale took place, I understand, about a year ago, & unless redeemed in 12 months from this time, will be the property of the purchaser. Jackson last Spring for information relative to Adams's Land.

I thought ambiguous in answering. I wrote a 2nd time to Col.

Jackson who recommended his son as a lawyer to represent my inquiry. I requested to the Col. To lay my letter before his son & to write me what was proper to be done on my part that I might be ready at the meeting of Congress through you to lay everything before him etc. To this letter I have not received any answer, which confirms the belief that they are engaged in the speculation above stated. You know that you entered judgment against Davis?

At the fields of Lamb & Tilton which by the management of Sheriff Isaac & Mr. Hamilton will not be satisfied out of the assets in the state. From the list I got from Henderson? It will therefore be a pity if the family should lose it for so trivial a sum.

You are now in possession of my understanding on the business, & I will thank you to have examination on the subject in such manner as you may judge proper under all circumstances with J. Randolph or some other old lawyer from Virginia can inform you in which manner I can (if any there be) obtain my debts from these lands. Let me hear from you as soon as convenient. Lower edge notched affecting signature at " ehemiah " and " ilton ". In the early 19th century, he was Registrar of New Castle County, Delaware, and a member for several terms in the Legislative Council, the upper house of the Delaware legislature.

He was a member of a citizens' committee formed to investigate the quarantine laws of Philadelphia imposed during a Yellow Fever epidemic. The younger Jackson was a land surveyor before entering politics. Horizontal and vertical fold creases.

4½ printed strip of paper affixed to upper center margin. See more material from these signers. See more listings in our U.

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Authentication: Numbered COA issued by Gallery of History, Inc.
Signed by: Nehemiah Tilton
Autograph Type: Autograph Letter Signed
Autograph: Authentic Original